Happy Ramadan! During this holy month, it is a tradition to give to less fortunate Muslim communities around the world. This Ramadan, you can make charitable donations to high-impact projects for local communities throughout regions in Asia that have significant Muslim populations.

With 93% of your funds going directly to local nonprofits, you can feel confident that your donations will make a difference on the ground. Projects include supporting schools in Afghanistan, creating economic opportunities in Indonesia, and providing access to quality education in urban and rural Pakistan.

Local field staff ensures that all funds are used transparently while satisfying IRS guidelines for international grant making to meet U.S. tax-deductibility requirements. As for all programs funded through Give2Asia, donors can also request reports on how their contributions were used.

Use the Zakat Foundation of America’s zakat calculatorto determine your total giving amount.

How your donation is used

Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) is a non-governmental organization that assists in the educational, vocational training, and health sectors for Afghan women and children. They have opened four schools and one hospital with a radio station in the beginning stages. Your donation will help Afghans in need to transform their lives at both the individual and community levels.

Your donation will help the Afghan Connection (AC) fund and support schools, teachers, and sports opportunities in Afghanistan, especially rural areas. With their partners, AC has built 39 schools across Afghanistan, which currently educate over 50,000 children.

The mission of Putera Sampoerna Foundation (PSF) is to create jobs through entrepreneurial development, to develop high caliber future leaders through education, to enlighten general populace through woman empowerment and to become a role model for other philanthropic organizations in Indonesia. PSF has distributed more than 34,600 scholarships, provided trainings for more than 21,500 teachers and principles, and adopted 118 public schools and 9 Islamic schools.

People for the Community Foundation, or Yayasan MUM, is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Indonesian citizens through education and health programs. As Yayasan MUM adapts to the ongoing litany of disasters, your donation will help focuse their activities towards bringing educational tools to communities as well as helping implement methods of developing sustainable and prosperous futures.

PEF is a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to students in poor communities of Pakistan. This assistance helps to carry out their professional, educational, and academic activities at government run colleges and universities.

The mission of Bright Star Mobile Library is to create a love for reading and to enhance global awareness amongst the young. The BSML achieves its mission by providing access to excellent quality books to elementary grades children of those schools that have no libraries for their students.

A New Beginning provides education to children and women in a safe and healthy environment. It adopts public schools and upgrades the facilities to meet the needs of the students. Their sponsored schools receive additional resources such as teachers and their training, books, meals and uniforms for the students. This is also accompanied by planned field trips and sports activities.

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Give2Asia strengthens communities throughout Asia by building trusted networks for charitable investment.

People investing in charitable programs strive to understand the local context and the impact of their giving. Give2Asia makes it possible to support local organizations in Asia addressing critical issues such as healthcare, education, livelihood, and the environment. We build long-term connections between donors and local programs in Asia by fostering trust and accountability on both sides of the relationship.

Give2Asia has a team of local staff, advisors, and partners that ensure projects are effective, results are transparent, and grant recipients are accountable. We report on activities to certify that projects meet the needs of the target beneficiaries and the donor, and we try to find new ways to expand sources of funding.